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Kerzhentsev, V (pseudonym of Platon Mikhailovich Kerzhentsev, 1881-1940)Biblio.com

LONDON FOR SOVIET READERS Stolitsa Anglii. Progulki po Londonu The capital of England. London walks

réf. P6416Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo 1919. Octavo 18 × 13.5 cm. Original decorative wrappers; 141 1 pp. Light soil and foxing to wrappers; original spine strip lacking and sections of the text beginning to detach; text evenly toned; still good or better. First edition. This curious mix of the history and ethnography of London was written by Platon Mikhailovich Kerzhentsev 1881-1940 the leading historian of Ireland in the Soviet Union. Focused on London as the seat of British imperialism this work discusses the customs and mores of the English visiting all corners of London rich and poor. Two sections 'Worker's London' and 'London Organizations' paint a picture of the difficulties faced by the working classes in the metropolis. In 1899-1904 Kerzhentsev studied history at the Moscow State University and in 1904 he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party RSDLP. After numerous arrests in Russia Kerzhentsev lived in exile in the UK France and the United States and was active in the Bolshevik groups abroad. In this period he also studied the history of the Irish struggles for independence and published two books on the subject "The fight for land and freedom in Ireland" 1917 and "Revolutionary Ireland" 1918. Upon his return to Russia Kerzhentsev went on to write for Izvestia and Pravda eventually becoming the head of Russian Telegraph Agency ROSTA and initiating its ideological bent. Kerzhentsev was also one of the founders of the system of Soviet censorship and went on to write one of the first histories of Lenin "The Life of Lenin" 1934. Despite being removed from his post in 1938 Kerzhentsev survived the Stalinist purges and died of natural causes in 1940. KVK and OCLC show copies at Oxford National Library of Sweden and the British Library. unknown

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Plato (Platon); Grou, Jean Nicolas; [Franklin, Benjamin]ABAA

Loix de Platon. Par le Traducteur de la Republique in Two Volumes: Tome Premier; Tome Second. with La Science du Bonhomme Richard Moyen Facile de Payer les Impots. Traduit de l'Anglois: Troisieme Edition Exactement Semblable a la Premiere. Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth

1769réf. 2305607Amsterdam / A Philadelphie. Se vend a Paris: Marc-Michel Rey / Chez Ruault Libraire 1769. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 1769 first French edition of Plato's The Laws bound together with a 1778 third edition of Benjamin Franklin's La Science du Bonhomme Richard The Way to Wealth. Some pencil marginalia in 'Richard' edges a bit rubbed with minor loss from corners tiny piece of volume II spine label missing. viii 8 398 2 151 5; 502 pp. 12mo. Contemporary full leather morocco spine labels gilt titles and triple rules marbled edges and endpapers. French translation of The Laws a series of twelve Platonic dialogues written towards the end of his life. Grou a Jesuit fled to Holland when his order was suppressed in France and it was there that these Dialogues were published. Later he returned to Paris and adopted the alias Leclaire remaining there until the Revolution drove him into a second exile in England. As well as Platonic translations Grou published theological works of a popular nature including The Spiritual Life: A Comprehensive Manual for Catholics Seeking Salvation. The publisher includes a dedication to the then-living philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This set also includes a 1778 edition of La Science de Bonhomme Richard Sabin 78111 which is a French version of Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth. This work includes the sayings of Poor Richard as well as the interrogation of Benjamin Franklin relating to the Stamp Act Pennsylvania's new constitution and the interrogation of William Penn by parliament. Franklin spent a good deal of time in France and was well-liked there. The Way to Wealth was his most popular work and though it first appeared in England in 1757 it was the French translation originally published in 1777 that first included his commentary on British taxation of the American colonies. Herein he presages the colonists' discontent with being taxed and ordered about by a foreign power. Marc-Michel Rey / Chez Ruault, Libraire hardcover books